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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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